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A woman stands next to the north pool prior to a ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the National September 11 Memorial in New York.

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‘We will not forget. We cannot forget’: America remembers Sept. 11 attacks, 18 years on

by Karen Matthews Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressSeptember 11, 2019

Crowds celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots Friday in New York’s Greenwich Village.

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Thousands gather at Stonewall 50 years after LGBTQ uprising

by Ali Swenson Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressJune 29, 2019

New York City Police and Fire Department personnel secure the scene in front of a building in midtown Manhattan where a helicopter crash landed, Monday, June 10, 2019. The Fire Department says the helicopter crash-landed on the top of the tower, which isn't far from Rockefeller Center and Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Helicopter crashes on NYC roof

by Jim Mustian Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressJune 10, 2019

FILE- In this June 12, 2016 file photo, a couple embraces outside the Stonewall Inn in New York. On Thursday, June 6, 2019, Commissioner James O'Neill apologized for the 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn, which catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement. O'Neill said Thursday that "the actions taken by the NYPD were wrong" at the gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. He called the actions and laws of the time discriminatory and said, "For that, I apologize." (AP Photo/Mary...

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NYPD sorry for ’69 Stonewall raid, a gay milestone

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressJune 6, 2019

Cannabis seedlings grow under lights as part of a research project by students in the new cannabis minor program at the State University of New York at Morrisville, N.Y. Advocates for legalizing marijuana have long argued it would strike a blow for social justice after a decades-long drug war that disproportionately targeted minority and poor communities.

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These states want legal marijuana to foster social justice

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressMay 20, 2019

Marijuana plants grow at a Minnesota Medical Solutions greenhouse in Otsego, Minn., May 5, 2015. Advocates for legalizing marijuana have long argued it would strike a blow for social justice after a decades-long drug war that disproportionately targeted minority and poor communities.

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Social equity becomes a key question

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressMay 19, 2019

In this Oct. 29, 2018, photo taken by Reuters photographer Adrees Latif, Luis Acosta carries 5-year-old Angel Jesus, both from Honduras, across the Suchiate River into Mexico from Guatemala. A team of Reuters photographers won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for their coverage of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America.

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Pulitzers honor coverage of 3 mass shootings

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and Stephen R. Groves Associated PressApril 15, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. New York is suing the billionaire family behind Oxycontin, alleging the drugmaker fueled the opioid crisis by putting hunger for profits over patient safety. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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NY sues Sacklers over OxyContin

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressMarch 28, 2019

A marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019. A setback for marijuana advocates in New Jersey may show that the path of legalizing recreational marijuana use doesn't run just along blue state-red state lines.

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Mapping pot legalization politics: Not just red vs. blue

by Jennifer Peltz Associated PressMarch 26, 2019

FILE - This Dec. 12, 2018 file photo shows State Assemblyman Ron Kim, center, as he speaks at a rally opposing New York's deal with Amazon, on the steps of New York's City Hall. Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns that what he calls “political pandering” to critics of Amazon’s proposed secondary headquarters could sink New York’s biggest-ever economic development deal. But opponents say they’ll keep fighting a project they see as corporate welfare. Friday’s back-and-forth came after The Washington...

NY gov raps Amazon critics amid report company’s rethinking

by Jennifer Peltz Associated Press, and David Klepper Associated PressFebruary 9, 2019